Lumin Chess is a quiet, minimalist sliding-pair puzzle game.

Move black and white stones into their correct places by sliding them in pairs. Solve each board in as few moves as you can. No timers, no leaderboards, no noise - just clean puzzles that reward thinking.

How it works

- Pieces always move in pairs. Pick two adjacent neighbors and slide them one cell together.
- Two-finger slide: place a finger on each piece and swipe up, down, left, or right.
- One-finger swipe: drag across both pieces and one cell beyond - that third cell sets the direction.
- Goal markers in each cell show which color belongs there. They fade as you place pieces correctly.
- Every black should end where the whites started, and every white where the blacks were.

What's included

- Three hand-tuned levels at launch: Swap the rows, Narrow tower, Mind the grays.
- Built-in tutorial that walks you through pair movement on your first run.
- Par counts so you can chase the optimal solution.
- Clean cream-and-charcoal visual design that's easy on the eyes.
- Lightweight install, well under 4 MB.
- Works fully offline. No internet connection required, ever.
- No ads, no tracking, no accounts, no sign-up.

Privacy first

Lumin Chess does not collect any personal data. The app works entirely on your device. There are no analytics, no ad networks, no third-party SDKs, and nothing leaves your phone.

Who it's for

If you like Threes, A Good Snowman, Stephen's Sausage Roll, or any quiet single-player puzzle where the rules are simple but the moves require thought, Lumin Chess will feel familiar. It's designed for short, focused sessions.

More levels coming

This is the first release. Future updates will add more hand-tuned levels and gentle new rule twists. Feedback is welcome - reach out at support@peterlyu.com.

Enjoy the puzzle.

Lumin Industries

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